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dinsdag 8 mei 2012

Almond cinnamon buns – amandel-kaneelbroodjes (GF-DF-SF)

This is such a weird spring, I still have the feeling that it’s January or February.

My taste buds were already in the mood for strawberries, fresh green spring leaves, asparagus, new potatoes and young herbs from the garden. But for me it’s too cold now, too dark and my energy level goes down again, as if my body is preparing for another winter period. I want cinnamon, apple, sauerkraut, pumpkin, hearty soups and stews. I want hot tea and flaming wood fires.

But no, it’s the month of May, the trees are blooming, everywhere green leaves are appearing, there are ducklings in the canal in front of my house and the young rabbits are chasing each other in the bushes of the dike alongside.

I decided to make something according to my autumnal taste: cinnamon buns.

I already have made several recipes, also on this blog, but after trying and studying on the internet I created this really lovely, no sugar added, soft and appealing cinnamon buns.

Even the 16 year old likes it, and that means something!

Almond cinnamon buns (10 pcs)

Dough:

350 g almond flour, super fine ground

2-4 tbsp coconut flour

½ tsp sea salt

½ tsp tartaric acid baking powder

60 ml coconut oil, melted

2 tbsp honey

2 organic eggs

1 tbsp ground flax seeds in 2 tbsp water

Filling:

2-4 tbsp honey

75g chopped walnuts

75g chopped raisins

2 tbsp ground cinnamon

Pre heat the oven on 180 ˚C.

Put ready 2 sheets of 30x40cm cling film

Prepare a baking tray with baking paper.

In a big bowl mix the almond flour well with salt and baking powder.

The coconut flour I only use in the end, depending on the wetness of the dough. I get my eggs from a local producer and they are always different in size.

In a smaller bowl you mix the coconut oil with honey, flax seed mixture and the 2 eggs till it’s a homogenous mix. This you stir into the dry ingredients and mix everything well with a spoon.

As I said, at this time you decide if you add some coconut flour, 1 tablespoon at a time. The dough will stay sticky, but not too. So no more than 4 tablespoons are needed, otherwise the cinnamon buns will turn out dry. I mix it in by hand, then I can feel the mixture changing.

Put 1 sheet of cling film on your workbench and put the dough on top of it. Press it down a little by hand. Then put the other sheet on top of it and roll the dough out in a rectangle of 25x35cm. Remove the top sheet of cling film and drizzle the honey on the dough. Then sprinkle the nuts, raisins and cinnamon on the dough. With the first layer of cling film you can roll up the dough in a nice sausage shape. Cut with a sharp knife into 10 disks and put them, with some space between them, on the baking tray and bake the almond cinnamon buns 15-20 minutes in the oven till they are golden brown. Check from time to time that the buns are not getting too dark.

Let them cool for at least 10 minutes on the tray before transferring them to a wire rack.

Over mij

Since november 2007 celiac disease has been diagnosed with me and did I start with the gluten-free diet and lifestyle. I'm very interested in health and food issues. And besides, I Love Cooking. I think cooking is creating. I'm not content with the gluten free range of products in the shops in Holland, so I make most of the food myself. I think gluten free food must be healthy, real food, but above all very tasty. Also non-celiacs must (and they do!) enjoy my food.
I am 50 years old and I live, together with my son, in Rotterdam, Holland.***
Sinds november 2007 is bij mij coeliakie geconstateerd en ben ik begonnen met een glutenvrij dieet. Ik ben erg geïnteresseerd in gezondheid en voeding. Daarnaast ben ik gek op koken. Ik ben niet tevreden over het aanbod van glutenvrije artikelen in de winkels, dus maak ik vrijwel alles zelf. Glutenvrij eten moet lekker zijn, gezond en ook voor niet-coeliakers aantrekkelijk zijn.